They were slightly dished, and as they are 380mm wide, they won't go through my thicknesser.
So with a slab of beer in hand (under arm actually), I repaired to the local timber yard and they kindly ran it through their thicknesser, with the computer dialled up to 38mm.
What a great thicknesser. I need one of those in my workshop.
Huon Plank for transom.
Then I attacked them with my belt sander, gently actually, then the orbital sander.
At this stage, faint rays of light under a straight edge showed they were no longer dead flat.
I went looking for a longboard at the local hardware, but could find nothing over 300mm. So I just bought a roll of 240 and 600 grit and went home to make my longboard.
Looking around for a suitable piece of material, I spied my #9 Stanley hand plane. Perfect.
I soon had the sand paper fitted . . . after removing the blade.
This has to be the perfect sanding board. The weight is just right and the bed dead flat.
That's a #9 Stanley, which gives you an idea of the plank size.
Surprisingly, an hour of easy sanding had the slab flat and very smooth with 600 grit.
In fact it went so eel,l I might get some 1200 grit to finish it off.
#9 Sanding board.
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